Combined lift and bed-support for invalids.



No. 816,697. PATENTED APR. 3, 1906. H. WILLIAMS.

COMBINED LIFT AND BED SUPPORT FOR INVALIDS. APPLICATION FILED }TOV.16, 1905.

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No. 816,697. PATENTED APR. 3, 1906. H. WILLIAMS. COMBINED LIFT AND BED SUPPORT FOR INVALIDS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.16. 1905.

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COMBINED LIFT AND BED-SUPPORT FOR INVALIDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3, 1906.

Application filed November 16, 1905. Serial No. 287,658.

To (I/ZZ' whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY WILLIAMS, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Finchley Road, in the county of MiddleseX, England, have invented a Combined Lift and Bed-Support for Invalids, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to enable an invalid to raise hiinself (or herself) in bed, and, further, to support an invalid in a sitting posture when desired. For this purpose a combined lift and bed-support according to this invention comprises two double cords with hooks at their ends and several eyelets in the middle portion of each cord. These cords can be looped over a rail at the foot of a bed and graduated in length by means of the eyelets, any one of which can be engaged by the hooks at the cord ends. A pair of handles can be attached to the hooks, by means of which the invalid can pull himself (or herself) into a sitting posture. A broad band provided with cords and adapted to engage the hooks can be substituted for the handles and when passed round the back of the invalid will support the body in an upright po sition with great ease and comfort.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings shows separately the several parts of the combination appliance. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing the appliance in use for raising purposes. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the appliance in use as a support.

a a are the double cords, b b the hooks at their ends, and c c the eyelets in their middle portions.

(1 (Z are the handles, which are adapted to engage in the hooks b b, and e is the supporting-band, e e its cords, and e eyelets for engagement with the hooks b b.

In use, as shown in Fig. 2, the cords a a are looped over the rail f at the foot of the bed, and one of the hooks b in each case is hooked into an eyelet c, the particular eyelet being selected so that the effective length of the cord to is suited to the bedstead and the invalid. WVhen the invalid desires to raise himself by means of the appliance, the handles (Z (Z are attached to the cords a a by means of the free hooks b b, as shown in Fig.

. 2, so that by pulling on the handles the desired assistance is obtained. Having raised himself and desirlng to retain a sitting posture for a time, the invalid removes one of the handles (Z (Z from its hook and substitutes one of the eyelets e e of the supporting-band e, which he then passes round his back and attaches, by means of its other eyelet e to the corresponding hook I) after removing therefrom the remaining handle d. The condition of the appliance at the end of this simple operation is shown in Fig. 3.

The supporting-band e may be made of any suitable strong material, as stout cotton cloth, and, as shown, wooden rods 6 may advantageously be placed in loops made at the ends of the band and have attached to their ends the cords e, as by these rods the band will be kept spread out, any tendency to roll up transversely being counteracted. The band is shown provided with a cover 9, which is secured by buttons g and can be quickly removed for washing after withdrawing one of the rods 6.

What I claim is 1. A lift and bed-support for invalids, com prising two cords, eyelets secured in the middle portion of said cords, hooks attached to the ends of said cords and adapted to engage said eyelets, handles adapted to engage in said hooks, and a supporting-band, adapted to be connected at its ends to said hooks, substantially as set forth.

2. A lift and bed-support for invalids, comprising two cords, eyelets secured in the middle portion of said cords, hooks attached to the ends of said cords and adapted to engage said eyelets, handles adapted to engage in said hooks, a supportingband and eyelets connected to the ends of said band adapted to engage said hooks, substantially as set forth.

3. A lift and bed-support for invalids, comprising two cords, eyelets secured in the middle portion of said cords, hooks attached to the ends of said cords and adapted to engage said eyelets, handles adapted to engage in said hooks, a supporting-band of flexible material, stiffening members at the ends of said band, cords secured to said stiffening members and eyelets on said band-cords adapted to engage said hooks, substantially as set forth.-

4. A lift andbed-support for invalids, comprising two cords, eyelets secured in the middle portion of said cords, hooks attached to the ends of said cords and adapted to engage said eyelets, handles adapted to engage in said hooks, a supporting-band adapted to be connected at its ends to said hooks, and a removable cover inclosing said band.

5. A lift and bed-supportfor invalids, comprising, two double cords, eyelets secured in the middle portion of said cords, hooks attached to the ends of said cords and adapted to engage said eyelets, handles adapted to engage in said hooks and a supporting-band, adapted to be connected at its ends to said hooks, substantially as set forth. I

6. A lift and bed-support for invalids, comprising two cords, eyelets secured in the middle portion of said cords, hooks attached to the ends of said cords and adapted to engage said eyelets, handles adapted to engage in said hooks, a supporting-band made of stout fabric, stiffening members at the ends of said band that prevent said band rolling up transversely, cords attached to the ends of said stiffening members, and eyelets on said bandcords adapted to engage said hooks, substantially as set forth.

7. A lift and bed-support for invalid s, comprising two cords, eyelets secured in the middle portion of said cords, hooks attached to the ends of said cords and adapted to engage said eyelets, handles adapted to engage in said hooks, a supporting-band made of stout cotton cloth formed with loops at its ends, wooden rods loosely placed in the end loops of said band with their end portions projecting therefrom, cords attached to the project ing ends of said rods, a removable cover of Washable material inclosing said band, and eyelets on said band-rod. cords adapted to engage said hooks, substantially as set forth.

8. A lift and bed-support for invalids, comprising two double cords, eyelets secured in the middle portion of said cords, hooks attached to the ends of said cords and adapted to engage said eyelets, handles adapted to engage in said hooks, a supportingband made of stout cotton cloth formed with loops at its ends, wooden rods loosely placed in the end loops of said band with their end portions projecting therefrom, cords attached to the projecting ends of said rods, a removable cover of Washable material inclosing said band, and eyelets on said band-rod cords adapted to engage said hooks, substantially as set forth.

Signed at 8 New Court Lincolns Inn, London, W. (3., this 8th day of November, 1905.

HENRY WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK ROBERT MASON, THOMAS PRoUT. 

